FIRE MARSHAL IS INVESTIGATING TO DETERMINE WHAT STARTED THE FIRE. AND WE CONTINUE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT A DEADLY CHAIN-REACTION CRASH ON THE NORTH SIDE INVOLVING A SCHOOL BUS, A TRACTOR/TRAILER, AN SUV AND ANOTHER CAR. TWO WOMEN IN THE SUV WERE KILLED. SIX PEOPLE WERE INJURED INCLUDING FOUR SCHOOL CHILDREN. WE HAVE A LIVE PICTURE RIGHT NOW OF THE SCENE ON DAWN AVENUE NEAR OLD KINGS ROAD WHERE POLICE CONTINUE THE HOLLOWAY -- TO HAUL AWAY RECORDS. RIGHT NOW DUNN AVENUE IS CLOSED TO TRAFFIC. THE HIGHWAY PATROL TELLS US A SCHOOL BUS FROM DENSMORE ELEMENTARY HAD JUST MADE A STOP WHEN A SEMI SLAMMED INTO THE SUV WHICH WAS BEHIND THE BUS, CAUSING A DOMINO EFFECT. THE AVENUE HAS BEEN CLOSED ON AND OFF FOR HOURS. CHANNEL 4'S TIM PULIUM IS JOINING US LIVE FROM THE SCENE. TIM, WHAT'S GOING ON THERE RIGHT NOW. IF YOU CAN LOOK BEHIND ME, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SEMITRUCK IS NOW NO LONGER OVERTURNED. IT'S BACK ON ALL OF ITS WHEELS AND YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE TOW TRUCKS TRYING TO MOVE IT OFF OF THIS DITCH OFF DUNN AVENUE. NOW THEY DID RE-OPEN TRAFFIC TO LET SOME PEOPLE GO THROUGH DUNN AVENUE AND ARE ALLOWING DRIVERS WHO LIVE IN THE SUBDIVISION TO THE RIGHT TO GO HOME BUT EVERYONE ELSE THAT NEEDS TO CROSS THROUGH, THEY CAN'T DO THAT. NOW, WE KNOW THAT THE DRIVER OF THE SEMITRUCK IS COOPERATING WITH AUTHORITIES AND INVESTIGATORS SAY HE WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE VEHICLES THAT STOPPED IN FRONT OF HIM AT BUS STOP, AND BY THE TIME HE PUT ON THE BRAKES, FHP SAYS IT WAS TOO LATE. Reporter: HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF THE DAMAGE THE BLACK CAR HIT IN THE ACCIDENT THAT CAUSED THIS SECTION OF DUNN AVENUE TO SHUT DOWN FOR HOURS. THE DRIVER IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THE DRIVER OF THE SEMITRUCK FAILED TO SLOW DOWN BEHIND THIS CAR IF A WHITE SUV THAT STOPPED BEHIND THIS SCHOOL BUS. AND THE CHAIN REACTION CAUSED THE TRAILER TO SLAM INTO THE VEHICLE AND THE BUS WITH 14 STUDENTS INSIDE. IT WAS LIKE BOOM. EVERYBODY WAS CRYING AND STUFF. SOME OF MY FRIENDS HAVE GOT HURT. Reporter: AUTHORITIES SAY FOUR CHILDREN, THE BUS DRIVER AND THE DRIVER OF THE BLACK VEHICLE WERE ALL TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BUT THEIR INJURIES ARE NOT SERIOUS. FHP SAYS THE WOMAN DRIVING THE SUV DIED HERE AT THE SCENE AND THE PASSENGER DIED LATER AT THE HOSPITAL. THE ACCIDENT SHUT DOWN TRAFFIC FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS. I JUST STARTED PRAYING, TO BE HONEST, PRAYING FOR THE FAMILIES I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO BE OKAY. BACK OUT HERE LIVE YOU CAN SEE THE CREWS WORKING TO MOVE THE SEMITRUCK. THE NAMES OF THE VICTIMS HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED UNTIL FAMILY IS NOTIFIED. THE STUDENTS IS COMING FROM DENSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AUTHORITIES SAY THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK IS FROM THE JACKSONVILLE AREA AND THEY SAY THAT HE WAS TRANSPORTED POULTRY WHEN ALL OF THIS HAPPENED. THEY SAY CHARGES ARE STILL PENDING WHILE THIS INVESTIGATION CONTINUES IN THE WE ARE LIVE TONIGHT, TIM POOLIUM, CHANNEL 4. NOW THAT THE AVENUE IS CLOSED AGAIN, ARE THERE PEOPLE WHO WERE SITTING THERE WAITING TO GET THROUGH? THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WAITING FOR CLEARANCE FROM FHP TO ALLOW THEM TO GO TO THE SUBDIVISION HERE OVER TO THE RIGHT BUT A LOT OF THEM TELL ME THAT THEY WERE VERY FRUSTRATED. THEY FELT LIKE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT WAS NOT HANDLED PROPERLY AND WE WANTED TO POSE THOSE CONCERNS THAT THEY HAD TO FHP AND COMING UP TONIGHT AT 11:00, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR FHP'S RESPONSE TO THOSE CONCERNS.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -

Two women were killed and six others, including four children, were hurt in a four-vehicle crash in Northwest Jacksonville on Friday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

According to FHP, a school bus was heading eastbound on Dunn Avenue at New Kings Road just after 3 p.m. when it stopped to allow children to get off.

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A car and an SUV stopped behind the bus, and the driver of a tractor-trailer wasn't paying attention to traffic being stopped until the last second, state troopers said.

They said the semitrailer struck the SUV, then the car and bus, and overturned.

The Florida Highway Patrol said 40-year-old Clara Blissitt and 65-year-old Naomi James were struck by the tractor trailer Friday. Blissitt died at the scene of the accident Friday. James was transported to UF Health, where she was later pronounced dead.

The driver of the car was taken to a hospital in unknown condition.

Four students and the driver of the bus were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. There were 14 students on the bus from Dinsmore Elementary School, plus the driver.

The driver of the big rig was not hurt. Troopers said he was cooperating and that charges are pending.

"It was like boom," said 6-year-old Tavares Kirkland. "Everybody was crying and stuff."

Shamya Mckenzie, a student on the bus, also described what happened.

"The black car was in front of the truck and then the truck smashed into the black car and it curved over and hit the back of the bus," she said. "I was shocked at first because some of my friends have got hurt."

"The school district called me and told me the bus had gotten into a wreck and Tavares was OK and the assistant principal had him," grandmother Sharon Kirkland said. "I'm just so scared."

Dunn Avenue was closed between Young and Braddock roads. The accident shutdown traffic for more than four hours.

"I just started praying, praying for the families," said Talia Rogers, who was stuck in traffic. "I just wanted everyone to be OK."

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